how do i connect from XP machine to Win7 64bit through a local lan?....

you can connect with Remote desktop connection or share folder what you want exactly?Mohamed Abd Elhamid Abd Elaziz Microsoft System Administrator Abdul Samad Al Qurashi Co.

hi, There is no difference on how you connect Windows XP to 7 from XP to XP, the same rules of sharing apply on both OS, you can share a folders on win7 but check your FW before that and validate that the connections are not blocked. If this is a home router check that there is NAT configured. You can connect computers directly one to each other but you need to configure static IP's on both of them Regards George www.supportweblog.com

Download Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 7.0 client update that enables you to use the new Remote Desktop Services features. These features are introduced in Windows 7 and in Windows Server 2008 R2. These features are available for computers that are running Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1), and Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2). The RDC 7.0 client can be used to connect to legacy terminal servers or to remote desktops as before. However, the new features that are mentioned in this article are available only when the client connects to a remote computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.MCP | MCTS | MCITP

Hi, As Las said, you may install RDP 7.0 client to connect to Windows 7 based machine. Otherwise, you should check whether the remote options on Windows 7 is set to “Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop”. Here is an article for RDP 7.0, please refer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/969084 Hope that helps Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.